And here’s another snapshot of the comet I took at the same time as the closeup. You can see in this one the context of Andromeda, Mirach, and my tree line. #Astrophotography

Another snapshot of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks from earlier tonight (March 8). This one came out a bit better. 14 x 1 min. with the @zwoasi 6200MC and Askar FRA500 at f3.9 #Astrophotography

Managed to get a quick snapshot of Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks 2024 this evening (Feb 14 23:50 UTC) as it skirted around a tree. 5 min. Exposure (10*30s.) with Canon Ra and Askar FRA500 at f/3.9. #astrophotography #comet

Premiere for my new video in 90 minutes (1PM ET) here: youtu.be/VRLgbCKx6Xs it’s 27 min. long and I’ll be in the live chat. Hope to see you there! #Astrophotography

While I was away on a Christmas party, my video premiered.

If you want to learn the “Secret Language of #Astrophotography ”, then you’ll hopefully like:

100 Astrophotography Abbreviations Explained.
youtu.be/2i_Obinsr3Y

CTA1 Supernova Remnant and some other neat stuff in Cepheus. 40 hours at 180mm f.l. Details on astrobin: astrobin.com/p35l92/
#Astrophotography

It's a great honor to have my 24-panel mosaic called 'The Northwest Wing of Cygnus' featured on the homepage of worldwidetelescope.org today! Check out the short video I made to learn more, and thanks AAS WorldWide Telescope ! #Astrophotography

Stable Auroral Red (SAR) Arc over my backyard in New Hampshire tonight #Astrophotography

The Starship Kickstarter is now live. This is the most ambitious galactic cartography project I've ever organized: maps for 40 Milky Way locations and a virtual starship to visit them all!

Please support it if you can.

kickstarter.com/projects/galax…

Siril 1.2.0 is out. The stable version finally arrived. Let's download it and check for the news at siril.org/download/2023-…

NebulaPhotos
🔭AstroBackyard
#Astrophotography #opensource

In my new video (youtu.be/hLGjXJ3FxO0), I show dual narrowband processing with three popular workflows: Siril & GIMP, DSS & Photoshop, and PixInsight & Narrowband Normalization. Which is your favorite? #Astrophotography

vdB152 in Cepheus
Combined all the data (3.3 hours) from my recent 4” refractor tests to make this. On Astrobin: astrobin.com/4bi317/ #astrophotography

Perseids meteor shower coming up this weekend. Are you ready? ☄️ Fun for me to see this older video on processing a meteor shower photo getting some views again from search traffic on #YouTube #Astrophotography

Cygnus Wall 2023
Finally a break from the smoke and clouds last week to try narrowband with my Askar 130PHQ. I’m very happy with the results! Astrobin for full res and tech details: astrob.in/b6x61h/0/ #Astrophotography

Looks interesting 👀 I'll be getting one to review on my channel. The tech stack looks to be: eyepiece projection + app-assisted push-to + stacking. On Kickstarter now for $189:
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